Voters Rights

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February 21, 2020

North Carolina voters score a major victory

Both North Carolina and Florida saw victories for voting rights.

Voting rights victory as North Carolina court strikes down voter ID law.
North Carolina's Court of Appeals blocked a GOP-backed voter ID law on Tuesday after determining it was written with
"an intention to target African-American voters," Reuters reported.

The unanimous ruling means the voter ID law is unlikely to be enforced for the 2020 election, according to Stephen Wolf, a voting rights expert with Daily Kos Elections.

In November, North Carolina will see a competitive Senate race between first-term Republican Sen.
Thom Tillis and his likely Democratic opponent, former state Sen. Cal Cunningham, as well as a competitive race for governor, with Democrat Roy Cooper facing reelection.
The state will also be a presidential battleground.

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How is proving that you are a valid voter against blacks?

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Former felons win voting rights victory in Florida
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court struck down a Florida law that forced ex-felons to pay fees in order to regain their right to vote.

The lawsuit focused on a GOP-backed law that required former felons to pay all fines and fees associated with their conviction before being allowed to register to vote. But the court ruled that the law discriminated against former felons who were unable to afford the fees.

"The long and short of it is that once a state provides
an avenue to ending the punishment of disenfranchisement —
as the voters of Florida plainly did —
it must do so consonant with the principles of
equal protection and it may not erect a wealth barrier
absent a justification sufficient to overcome heightened scrutiny,
" the three-judge panel wrote.

The state's Republican governor,
Ron DeSantis, plans to appeal the ruling.

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